Eligibility for Coronavirus Childcare Assistance Scheme:• Parents who are employed as specific key workers• Where one parent is a key worker but the other parent is not then the other parent should provide safe alternative arrangements at home where possible.• There are no upper, or lower, earnings thresholds for pre-school childcare assistance for critical workers. The only criteria is that they can prove that they are currently employed in an area that has been deemed to be critical to the response to COVID-19 by the local authority where they reside. Consequently funding is available to full-time and part-time employees and those on ‘zero hour’ contracts.

If you have any queries please email the Family Information Service fis@torfaen.gov.uk.